Description

Dave Showker and the Studentescape.com business is a travel agent for college spring break. BBB advised to beware of college spring break travel scams and this is one of them. They are not transparent about their trips or pricing and rely on college students to purchase their scheme to masses of students. Parents and students trust what appears to be a college-run program. This scam artist takes your money, makes you pay more in fact if you purchase their trips later than others (paying more for the same trip), and then change the trip itinerary weeks and months after booking the trip which significantly impacts the cost of the trip, location and dates -- all of which impact a student's ability to pay for spring break. They do this after it's too late to make alternative spring break plans so you are either left out or locked into a more costly trip. They also do not honor refunds as we were told we'd get a paltry refund for their removal of all inclusive meals and drinks for a trip of 5 days/4 nights. After much complaining to their social media channels, they finally provided a partial refund, but not what they promised at the time we decided to accept their changes. They promised a $200 refund for a $900 trip (to cover all food and drinks) and they refunded me after 5 weeks of waiting -- only $140. My daughter cannot pay for food and drinks for the duration of the trip with this small amount of refund. They do not honor their commitments and their attempt to provide less of a refund than promised is extremely underhanded and damaging.